How to Use rainy in a Sentence

rainy

adjective
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  • That is the rainy weather strategy to keep sewage out of the Seine.
    — Catherine Porter James Hill, New York Times, 12 May 2023
  • Even on a rainy morning in Paris, anyone can be part of the scene.
    — Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2023
  • This bean bag kept its color and shape through many rainy storms.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 25 Nov. 2023
  • The storm will continue to move east with a snowy, rainy mix on the way for the Northeast this weekend.
    — Max Golembo, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Both teams slipped off into a rainy night with glares and grimaces.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
  • They are grown three times a year, twice in the rainy season and once during winter.
    — Time, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The race director called it the rainiest edition on record for an event in its 32nd year.
    — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The one that brought rainy weather Wednesday has moved over into East Texas.
    — Kxas-Tv (nbc5), Dallas News, 11 May 2023
  • Princess Beatrice, 35, looked ready for spring despite the rainy weather in a bold pink dress with long sleeves and a white hat.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024
  • That said, those in the know, are well aware that the cool, notoriously rainy city shines in the summer.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2024
  • That time of year is referred to as green season, when the weather tends to be rainy and warm in wildlife reserves and parks.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2023
  • This year the cold, rainy, windy spring delayed their arrival here well into April.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2023
  • On a rooftop in Lahore one rainy night, some guy who was passing out was playing Nico on loop.
    — Vrinda Jagota, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But a recent stretch of foggy and rainy weather has limited the use of drones by both sides.
    — Marc Santora, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • If the fossils are not collected in time, they can be swept away during the rainy season.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Adding to the misery, the rainy season has set in, flooding already sodden tent camps where many live.
    — A Special Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • During the rainy season, parts of the Amazon can be a staggering 30 miles wide.
    — Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 19 June 2024
  • Where Sonko lives, the rainy season has become shorter and less predictable.
    — Jack Thompson, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The incoming back-to-back storm systems will be cold and wet, but arrive in a somewhat slow start to the rainy season.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The snowy and rainy weather is hindering search efforts.
    — Austin Mullen, NBC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The month of May typically marks the end of the rainy spring weather and the transition into much sunnier (and warmer) skies.
    — Samantha Jones, goodhousekeeping.com, 6 May 2023
  • Last week, authorities in France said Batty, now 17, turned up on a rainy French roadway in the middle of the night.
    — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The nylon fabric survived rainy walks and washes with soap and water just fine.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Camilla exited the carriage first and had several pages carry the long train of her robes to keep them out of the rainy street.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
  • Disclaimer: winter is Maui's rainy season, but that doesn't stop the masses from trekking to the summit for sunrise.
    — Sarah L. Stewart, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Abnormally cold, rainy or windy weather can strip the trees of petals within a few days.
    — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
  • But the ball trickled across the line for the winner to ignite a wild celebration on a cold and rainy afternoon.
    — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
  • And every now and again there would be these huge swarms of ants and termites with wings which would explode at the beginning of the rainy season.
    — Outside Online, 26 June 2024
  • Puerto Rico public health officials are bracing for case counts to soar as the island heads into the hot and rainy season.
    — Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
  • One rainy morning in early 2021, employees at Erico Galeano Stadium heard an engine revving in the gravel parking lot.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 18 July 2024

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